The cabinet of oriental entomology : being a selection of some of the rarer and more beautiful species of insects, natives of India and the adjacent islands, the greater portion of which are now for the first time discribed and figured (1848)
Author: Westwood, J. O. (John Obadiah), 1805-1893; Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS; Tippmann Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS
Subject: Insects; Insects
Publisher: London : William Smith, 113 Fleet Street
Language: English
Call number: 002638767
Digitizing sponsor: NCSU Libraries
Book contributor: NCSU Libraries
Collection: americana
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Signatures: [A][superscript 2] B-Q[superscript 4]; 42 leaves of plates
Metcalf copy :Blue leather binding stamped in gold on spine and covers, with interior dentelles, marbled endpapers, gilt edges, and raised bands
Tippmann copy: Brown leather half binding with marbled paper boards, raised bands and marbled endpapers
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